How Bush Destroyed the Republican Party

"How Bush Destroyed the Republican Party" by Sean Wilentz of the Rolling Stone Magazine writes:

A president driven by ideology. A Congress rife with corruption. A political party hellbent on a "permanent majority." A leading scholar examines the radicals who hijacked the GOP — and wrecked the longest conservative ascendancy in American history .

Poor Wittle Weepublicans

Fox News summoned a Priest to comfort and console the lost souls at Fox News. Click here to view the clip.

Rachel Maddow deconstructs Sarah Palin's Interview

GOP Death Match

This is great! I just like to microwave some popcorn and watch the GOP Death Match.

ALL of the "rumors" and "gossip" about Sarah Palin comes from WITHIN the GOP. ALL of it. The Dems and other assorted Obama supporters are just gleefully celebrating President Obama.

We KNEW from the get-go that Sarah Palin was an intellectual fly-weight, so it's not news that the GOP is confirming her lack of knowledge beyond hunting moose and field dressing caribu. Like I've said before, the GOP seems to be in love with the stupidest person in the room to represent them. "C" students from Jr. Colleges and the bottom of the class at the Naval Academy and 57 million bone heads will pull the lever for the "Republican" regardless of their qualifications.....what a bunch of losers.

Y'all overlooked Governor Bobby Jingal who is a Rhodes Scholar. For what! Caribu Barbie. You can dress her up, but you can't take her out.

If Sarah were politically savvy, which I don't doubt (notice how I said savvy, not smart....cause old girl is as dumb as a box of rocks), but she'll lobby for Ted Stevens to "retire" and take over his seat in the Senate. There she can be a pain in the a$$ to Senator McCain.

But, is she were smart (and boy isn't that a stretch), she'd forgo ANY political career and make friends with the Hollywood set to get $PAID$ with her own talk show. She'll get clothing allowances up the wazooo, free travel, 5-star hotels, limos, and all of the bling that a Wasilla Hillbilly can handle. She can garner $$$ for speaking engagements and make more money in one month than she'll EVER make as a mayor, governor, senator or vice president.

If she decides to go the Hollywood route, then she can be just a quirky and dumb as she wants to be. She could make a fortune and stay real.
Drop politics and go for the gold.

Obama Wins!

Colin Powell

Obama has 'inbox from hell'

CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour talks about Obama's many tasks on the international stage.

Senator and Statesman McCain

CBS News on Obama's Victory

Election night became a great moment in history, especially for African-Americans. Harry Smith spoke with author Maya Angelou about Barack Obama's achievement.
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Condi's Road to Redemption

Secretary of State Rice remarks on Obama's historic victory. Her hair was bouncing and behaving, no longer was she in a sculpted hair helmet. She must have visited Pookie's Clip and Flip for a fresh perm. Condi looks good and sincerely happy, perhaps this will be her first step back on her long journey to redeem her ever-loving soul. God's speed, Dr. Rice. Welcome back to the fold.

Obama's Victory Speech

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The People's Choice

Voter Turnout

"Voter turnout best in generations, maybe a century," by Seth Borenstein:

WASHINGTON (AP) — America voted in record numbers, standing in lines that snaked around blocks and in some places in pouring rain. Voters who queued up Tuesday and the millions who balloted early propelled 2008 to what one expert said was the highest turnout in a century.

It looks like 136.6 million Americans will have voted for president this election, based on 88 percent of the country's precincts tallied and projections for absentee ballots, said Michael McDonald of George Mason University. Using his methods, that would give 2008 a 64.1 percent turnout rate.

"That would be the highest turnout rate that we've seen since 1908," which was 65.7 percent, McDonald said early Wednesday. It also would beat the old post World War II high of 63.8 percent in the famed 1960 John F. Kennedy-Richard Nixon squeaker. The 1908 race elected William Howard Taft over William Jennings Bryan.

The total voting in 2008 easily outdistanced 2004's 122.3 million, which had been the highest grand total of voters before.

...What's most interesting about early results is not just how many people voted but the shifting demographic of American voters, said Stephen Ansolabehere, a political science professor at Harvard and MIT.

Using exit polling data, Ansolabehere determined that whites made up 74 percent of the 2008 electorate. That's down considerably from 81 percent in 2000 because of increase in black and Hispanic voting, he said.

"That's a big shift in terms of demographic composition of the electorate," Ansolabehere said early Wednesday.

...Experts pointed to a weak economy and a lively campaign that promised a history-making result for the high turnout.

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McCain's Concession Speech

Senator John McCain addressed a crowd of his true believers in Arizona. McCain's consession speech that he delievered was by far the best speech of his lifetime.

"Senator Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. I applaud him for it, and offer him my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day. Though our faith assures us she is at rest in the presence of her creator and so very proud of the good man she helped raise."

"Senator Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain."

"These are difficult times for our country. And I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face."

"I urge all Americans ... I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited."

"Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that."

Brian Williams

Palin Kills the GOP

The Diva Is Goin' Rogue

"Sarah the Diva, Looking Past John the Runner-Up" writes Dana Milbank of the Washington Post. Add this to the Republicans' lessons learned in 2008: One man's maverick is another man's diva.

John McCain thought he was being clever picking a fellow maverick to be his running mate. The problem with mavericks, however, is that they don't follow instructions. Pretty soon they go rogue and before you know it you've got a full-fledged diva on your hands.

When Sarah Palin, looking sharp in a black suit that could have come from Neiman Marcus, took the stage at a campaign rally in Leesburg yesterday, it didn't take long for roguish elements to creep into her speech.

She was introduced by a construction company owner, Tito Munoz, whose name is common among Hispanics but not to the governor of Alaska. "I'll tell you, Tito," Palin said, "not since the Jackson Five has the name Tito been used so often."

The Diva then introduced the Dude. "Someone I'd like you to meet, and that is my husband, Alaska's 'first dude,' Todd Palin," she said. When the crowd answered with chants of "Duuuuude! Duuuuude!" she added: "It's about time we had a dude in the White House."

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